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By the author of the critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, Child of God is a taut, chilling novel that plumbs the depths of human degradation. Lester Ballard, a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman dispossessed on his ancestral land, is released from jail and allowed to haunt the hill country of East Tennessee, preying on the population with his strange lusts. McCarthy transforms commonplace brushes with humanity - in homesteads, stores and in the woods - into stunning scenes of the comic and the grotesque, and as the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humour, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.
‘Demands its reader’s attention from the opening sentence’ Newsweek
‘A reading experience so impressive, so ‘new’, so clearly well made that it seems almost to defy the easy aesthetic categories . . . Accomplished in rare, spare, precise yet poetic prose’ New Republic
'His prose, unfailingly beautiful and exact, carries us into a dreamworld of astonishing and violent revelation. It is a frightening, entrancing world, which we must finally recognize as our own' Tobias Wolff
'McCarthy is a powerful and talented writer, able to elicit compassion for his protagonist however terrible his action' Sunday Times
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A powerful and talented writer, able to elicit compassion for his protagonist however terrible his action. (Sunday Times)
A reading experience so impressive, so "new", so clearly well made that it seems almost to defy the easy aesthetic categories . . . Accomplished in rare, spare, precise yet poetic prose. (New Republic)
McCarthy charts the terrible decline of Lester Ballard with passion, tenderness, eloquence, and a humour which, at its best, is attuned perfectly to the bitter wryness of the South. (Times Literary Supplement)
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A novel that examines the darkest shades of human experience with dignity and grace
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Child of God (First UK Edition, First Printing, in Slipcase)
Published by
Chatto & Windus, London, 1975
ISBN 10: 0701120959
ISBN 13: 9780701120955
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: McInBooks, IOBA, Farmington, NM, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING , London, Chatto & Windus, 1975. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. No printing number stated on the copyright page. The print run was low, reported to be 2,500, and sales were very low, so there were no additional printings. Many were unsold and were remaindered.The book is in excellent condition, clean, no marks, not remaindered. Boards show no wear, no bumps, gilt lettering on spine is bright, no wear. The binding is tight and square. The text edges are very slightly foxed. Pages are clean without toning common to UK books of this age. There is no writing, no bookplate or other sign from a previous owner.The original dust jacket is bright with no fading. It has not been clipped with the publisher's original price of "£2.50 net" on the front flap. There is slight foxing on both front and back flaps. There is a ¼ inch tear and some wrinkling at the top of the rear panel. The jacket is now protected in a Brodart protective cover. The vivid cover art by Graham Palfrey-Rogers warns of the disturbing content of the novel.The book is housed in a custom-made hard-shell slipcase. Both front and back have copies of the dust jacket art and is lined with green felt. It is in Fine condition with only a small bump at the top of the spine.This is a beautiful UK First Edition copy of McCarthy's third novel following Outer Dark and The Orchard Keeper . His early books did not sell well and surviving copies in fine condition are hard to find. This is especially true of the UK edition of this title.Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from a Dry, Smoke-Free shop. A signature will be required for delivery. First Edition, First Printing, in Slipcase. Seller Inventory # 4248 M652